21 February 2024 , Plenary
Short Debate: The importance of Wales's voice in the campaign for peace—Celebrating the hundredth anniversary of presenting the peace petition by the Women of Wales to President Coolidge and Wales's role in speaking up for peace today
… members campaigning enthusiastically on international issues of the day. And at a time when the majority of women in Wales did not have the right to vote, the peace petition was one of the very few opportunities that …
20 February 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being: The Mental Health and Well-being and Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention Strategies
… age, ethnicity, household income and geographic location all too often determine the quality of care. For instance, women in Wales exhibited worse levels of mental health after the onset of the pandemic, resulting in a widening of the …
31 January 2024 , Plenary
Debate on petitions P-06-1359 and P-06-1362 concerning support for childcare costs
… also disastrous for equality because it drives mothers away from the workforce, as Sioned alluded to, making women in Wales less equal with regard to access to the workplace than women in England. That alludes also to the …
31 January 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
… cent of the population are smokers, one of the highest percentages in Wales . This figure includes pregnant women . Across Wales , one in 10 pregnant women smokes, putting at risk their own health as well as the health …
10 January 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
… our wards, I'd like to know how this is being addressed. A study that included all women in Wales who gave birth between 2018 and 2021 found breastfeeding rates at six months went up from 16.6 per …
10 January 2024 , Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 4
… the first part of the question is, 'No, we're not seeing an easing of these pressures.' Women in Wales continue to be hit harder by the impacts of the cost-of-living crisis, and this …
15 November 2023 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: International Men's Day
… many people face in Wales , and, indeed, the consequential impact that the issues men face have on women in Wales as well, bearing in mind the six pillars that make up the basis of International Men's Day …
8 November 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
… example, doing a lot more work in relation to working with Llais and Fair Treatment for the Women of Wales —working with them. So there's been a lot of work being done, and also across the three …
11 October 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
… women 's residential centre up and running, and see that as a vital alternative to custody for women across Wales …
20 September 2023 , Plenary
Topical Questions
… morning, this is 'desperately sad news for our staff, funders and clients—but above all for the women of Wales who we have been so proud to serve over so many years.' I would like to pay tribute …
20 September 2023 , Plenary
Topical Questions
… its work over many years. The charity has touched and made a difference to the lives of women across Wales and provided the Welsh Government with the insights to collectively deliver change …
13 September 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
… them, but also, over the past year, the significant increase in the rate of imprisonment of women from Wales . So, it's a very serious issue. It's an issue that I and the Minister for Social Justice …
13 September 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
… reserved matter, we do have a responsibility as a Senedd to represent and advocate for the women of Wales . After that meeting, could you, Counsel General, provide an update on any news that you've received from the …
28 June 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
… this is something that does chime with me, something that I know there are thousands of women in Wales who have been affected by this. So the fact that we have these new resources where people can …
21 June 2023 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Devolution of justice and policing
… citing evidence from the Prison Reform Trust that 60 per cent of prison sentences handed out to women in Wales in 2021 were for less than six months. Those will often be for petty offences. Women are more …
15 June 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Diversity in Local Government - Evidence Session 1
… Scotland, they've had STV since 2001, and they have 35 per cent of their councillors as women ; in Wales , it's 34 per cent. So, there's a 1 per cent difference, even though Scotland have had …
14 June 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gynaecological cancers: Panel 6
… make it more effective in Wales —because we're looking here at Wales —to ensure that women in Wales don't get left behind with specific treatments for them …
14 June 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gynaecological cancers: Panel 6
… want to explain to us why it's taking so long for it to be available to women in Wales ? Was it an issue with medication safety, cost or what was …
14 June 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gynaecological cancers: Panel 6
… that kind of thing. One last question to you. We've heard from Fair Treatment for the Women of Wales that clinical studies have, historically, excluded females because of concerns about hormonal fluctuations and that kind of thing …
13 June 2023 , Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion on the Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Bill
… too, in the findings of their 'No Grey Area' report, which stated that four out of five women in Wales have experienced sexual harassment at work, the majority of them having experienced multiple instances of sexual harassment …